"The Rainmaker" centers around Lizzie Curry, who is told frequently how "plain" she is by Noah, her know-it-all brother who runs the family farm. Her father, H.C., and her youngest brother Jimmy, are especially keen on getting Lizzie married off.

The play unfolds as the family tries to get the local divorced deputy interested in Lizzie, while outside the Curry ranch, the cattle are dying of drought on a scorching summer day.

Enter Starbuck, a magnetic tale-spinner who promises rain for a mere hundred dollars. To coax the clouds, he has a bass drum and a bucket of white paint; for the rancher’s daughter, a barrel of sweet talk and a belief in her beauty.

Can Starbuck overcome Lizzie’s skepticism and bring rain to the desert of her life?  Richard Nash’s romantic comedy, an American classic, is a tribute to the power of laying claim--and holding tight--to one’s dreams.